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Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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Louisa Tomar

Center for International Private Enterprise
Global Program Officer
United States of America
Websitehttps://cipe.org
Louisa Tomar is a Global Program Officer at CIPE, specializing in anti-corruption compliance for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-money laundering (AML/CFT). Louisa also oversees projects on governance, business advocacy, and the intersection of technology and democracy. Prior to joining CIPE, she consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank where she co-authored a policy guide on the use of big data to improve public service delivery. Louisa has a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is fluent in English and Spanish.

@Tomar_LE | Linkedin
Tuesday, June 11
 

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace
 
Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am BST

Let's See the Evidence! Algorithmic decisions in real life - where and how are they used? El Jem (Laico) Cloudy with a chance of cybernorms? Dougga (Laico) Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (Laico)

10:30am BST

Making Civic Tech Work for Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia, Nigeria, and Taiwan Biscay (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Cyberstability and Human Rights: Friends or Foes? An Interactive Dialogue with the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace Elyssa (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Tracker versus Trackee: The chasm between individuals’ understanding of online tracking and the real data collection (and processing) power of trackers and what can be done to bridge the divide Oya 2 (Laico) Cyber Harm, Let's Avoid It: Building cybersecurity capacity that protects human rights El Jem (Laico) Getting a Handle on Facial Recognition Tech Elyssa (Laico) "Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Climate change under construction: an environmentally sustainable Internet Oya 2 (Laico)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

9:00am BST

Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) Decolonising Cyberpolicy: Developing a Cyberpolicy Framework Relevant to the Global South Limes (Laico) Reverse-Engineering an RFP: Making Beneficiaries the Boss Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

Peacebuilding in the Age of Technology Oya 3 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Landmark: The Business of Privacy – How to Profit from Protecting Personal Data The BeeHive (Palais) Putting Users First! The responsibility of tech SMEs in the Global South to respect human rights Carthage 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Business for Better Cybersecurity: How the private sector can promote economic growth and digital rights Oya 1 (Laico)